Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...secret-plan notion by giving his "pledge" that a new Administration would "end the war and win the peace in the Pacific." He conceded that he had no "pushbutton solutions, no magic gimmicks." He was merely making the quite obvious point that any new President would be under particular pressure to stop hostilities...
There is also a worldwide clamp on capital flow acrosrnational borders. This trend is doubly disturbing because foreign capital is usually targeted on strategic investment projects and provides a particular fillip. The $7.2 billion that Europeans invested in the U.S. up to 1914 financed most of the nation's railroads and canals, and many of its oilfields and mines; the $12.8 billion that the U.S. sent in Marshall Plan aid rebuilt much of postwar Europe. Now, to fight the battle of the balance of payments, the world's two major exporters of capital-the U.S. and Britain-have...
...dean, the Minister of Education a university rector. A Cairo bank director was named Minister of Supplies and an administrator at the Aswan High Dam put in charge of the Ministry of Irrigation. Most of the new appointees were educated in Western universities, but none were known for any particular political leaning...
Howard's administration still has a long way to go before it earns the respect of the students. It has suffered a crisis of confidence that will not soon be forgotten, either at Howard or at many other black colleges. The particular concerns of the students at Howard--just as the concerns of black students on other black campuses--can no longer be overlooked. It is unfortunate that the Howard Administration learned this lesson the hard...
...beyond Vietnam. Kennedy will be carrying the anti-Johnson message to the country. There is no need for McCarthy to echo him. Instead, McCarthy should hammer away at the issue where Kennedy is as weak as Johnson--our foreign policy in general, as opposed to our Vietnam policy in particular. Though it is inevitable that McCarthy will bow out of the campaign eventually, his staying in at this point could be of crucial importance to our country if (and, I think, only if) he will present this issue clearly and forcefully to the electorate. George Lakoff Lecturer on Linguistics